Rosy-striped knot-horn
The rosy-striped knot-horn is a pretty little moth with pink or light crimson front wings and a yellowish stripe along the edge. It lives in short grassland. If you walk through the grass, it easily flutters up.
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Fun facts
Its caterpillar is bronzy black and lives among silk webbing on bird's-foot trefoil.
It flies from dusk and is drawn to lights and sugary food.
It flies from the end of June to August, with one family each year.
Its back wings are grey with a soft rosy tint.
Most asked questions about Rosy-striped knot-horn
?What does the rosy-striped knot-horn eat?
Its caterpillars eat bird's-foot trefoil, clover and other low plants from the pea family.
?Where does the rosy-striped knot-horn live?
In Europe, including Britain, and in East Asia, in short grassland.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Oncocera semirubella
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pyralidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Oncocera semirubella (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Syrio. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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